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List Of Cemeteries In Illinois
This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet cemeteries. Adams County * Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery, Golden, Illinois, Golden * Quincy National Cemetery, Quincy; NRHP-listed * Woodland Cemetery (Quincy, Illinois), Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois, Quincy Bureau County * Oakland Cemetery (Princeton, Illinois), Oakland Cemetery, Princeton, Illinois, Princeton Cook County DuPage County * Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst Effingham County * Ramsey Cemetery, rural Fulton County * Oak Hill Cemetery (Lewistown, Illinois), Oak Hill Cemetery, Lewistown, Illinois, Lewistown Ogle County Jackson County * Woodlawn Cemetery (Carbondale, Illinois), Woodlawn Cemetery, Carbondale, Illinois, Carbondale Jersey County * Oak Grove C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemeteries
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs. The term ''graveyard'' is often used interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a burial ground within a churchyard. The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as burial, or in a tomb, an "above-ground grave" (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In Western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed in cemeteries. These ceremonies or rites of passage differ according to cultural practices and religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used for both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
